Kurt Cobain’s suicide and note 16, 237, 239–40, 241–2, 244, 245, 295, 303, 304
overview of 16–18, 87, 148, 182, 213–14, 216, 223–4, 231, 232, 236, 237–8
27 Club suicides, overview 224–5
‘Suicide Alley’ (Manic Street Preachers) 224, 304
‘Suicide Samurai’ (Nirvana) 73
‘Summertime’ (Janis Joplin cover) 128
Sunday Times, the 106–7
Sunset Sound Studios (LA) 198, 201, 206
Swallow, Dave 143, 148, 151
Sylvia Young Theatre School 49–50, 51, 52, 53
‘Sympathy for the Devil’ (Rolling Stones) 131
‘Take the Box’ (Amy Winehouse) 81
Talbot, Jamie 140
tattoos, Amy’s love of 42, 43, 51, 52, 56, 110, 111, 113, 141, 284
Taylor, Elizabeth 56
Taylor, Mick 166, 167, 186
Ten Room, the (London club) 137–8, 142, 161, 194
‘Teo Licks’ (Amy Winehouse) 79
‘Territorial Pissings’ (Nirvana) 133
Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy 14
Thain, Gary 307
‘Theme from M*A*S*H’ (Manic Street Preachers cover) 224
‘(There Is) No Greater Love’ (Winehouse cover) 79
Think of Me Hill 35, 74
Thompson, Zalon 142, 269–72
Thorogood, Frank 168–9, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174–5, 176–7, 178–9
Thurston, Gavin 197–8
Thus Spake Zarathustra (Friedrich Nietzsche) 214
Tichborne, Chidiock 267
Till, John 188
Times, The 108
Tiny Tim 126
Top of the Pops 172
Towles, Rev. Stephen 242, 243
Townshend, Pete 96, 97, 173
Traviss, Reg 6–11, 253–7, 259, 261–4, 265, 266, 268, 273, 274–7, 279, 280, 281, 282, 300
Treanor, Vince 33, 123, 130, 191, 205, 207, 208, 212
True, Everett 101, 225, 227
Truffaut, François 209
Turner, Richard 307
Twelve Steps programme 134, 235
27 Club
beneficiaries of deaths of 290
Big Six, overview of links 18–19 see also Cobain, Kurt; Hendrix, Jimi; Jones, Brian; Joplin, Janis; Morrison, Jim; Winehouse, Amy
car and plane accident deaths 174
link made in Rolling Stone 220
Morrison’s and Pfaff’s deaths in bath 221
1993–94 Seattle deaths 228
overview of 12–19, 303–7
and Richey Edwards 148
and Ronald ‘Pigpen’ McKernan 95–6, 104
and the Saturn Return 12, 243
suicides 148, 223–4
Wendy O’Connor’s coining of term 12, 242
UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) 33, 34, 69, 213, 214
Unity Church (Seattle) 242–3
Universal 79, 153, 156, 299 see also Island/Universal
US visa, denied to Amy 153, 156, 262
Use Your Illusion (I and II) (Guns N’ Roses) 103
V Festival 160
‘Valerie’ (Ronson–Winehouse cover) 153, 272
Van Es, Michaela 283
Vanellis, Julia 47
Vanity Fair article 134–6
Varda, Agnès 33, 214, 215, 217, 220
Vassille, Dr Max 219
Vaughan, Frankie 42
Vaughan, Sarah 49, 78
Velvetones, the 26
Vietnam War 30, 34, 70
Virtue, John 113
von Sternberg, Josef 33
Waiting for the Sun (the Doors) 125–6, 129
‘Wake Up Alone’ (Amy Winehouse) 111, 112, 144
Walker, Randy ‘Stretch’ 16, 307
Wallace, Marjorie 77
Waller Creek Boys, the 29
War (band) 194
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy) 185
Ward, Jeremy Michael 307
Warmglaze Ltd 54
Washington, Dinah 49, 78
Washington Junior High (Seattle) 25
Washington Post, the 12
Waters, Muddy 59, 60, 63
Watts, Charlie 59, 60, 61, 167, 173
Weatherglaze plc 54, 55
Weir, Bob 95
WENN (World Entertainment News Network) 56–7
Wertle, Robin 220
‘What is it About Men?’ (Amy Winehouse) 45–6, 78, 106, 149
‘Where Did You Sleep Last Night?’ (Leadbelly) 228
Whisky a Go Go 71–2
White, Marco Pierre 161
Who, the 94, 96, 131, 191, 192
Who Killed Christopher Robin? (Terry Rawlings) 176–7
Who Killed Kurt Cobain? (Ian Halperin and Max Wallace) 245, 246
‘Who’s Blue?’ (Benny Carter) 53
‘Wild Thing’ (Hendrix Cover) 65, 97
Wilde, Oscar 210, 219, 220, 293
Williams, ‘Commissioner’ Gordon 78–9, 82, 107, 264
Williams, Natalie 138
Wilson, Al 17, 94, 130, 224, 307
Winehouse, Alex (Amy’s brother) 43, 44, 45, 49, 52, 152, 156, 253, 300
Winehouse, Alex (Amy’s grandfather) 42
Winehouse, Amy
appearance with the Rolling Stones at the Isle of Wight Festival 150–1
Back to Black album 139–40, 144–5, 146, 148–9, 150
background history 4–5, 27, 41–4
body image, problem with 102, 253
breakthrough and early career 76–82
BRIT School, time at 53, 56–7
Charlotte Church TV show 145–6
cremation and interment of ashes 282, 301
death of 10–12, 15, 171, 280–3, 298–9, 307
dependency on alcohol 3–4, 6–7, 11, 107–9, 116, 137–8, 143–4, 159, 161, 233, 247–8, 249–50, 253, 256–8, 265, 266, 268, 269, 273–6, 278–80, 298
drug addiction of 4, 66, 151–2, 153–6, 157, 158, 159, 161, 247, 249, 252, 254, 257, 258, 260, 282
enduring popularity of 284, 296–7, 299
erratic behaviour of at summer festivals (2008) 159–62
final hours of 7–11, 276–90
Frank album 105–7
parallels with Brian Jones 117
parallels with Janis Joplin 27, 75, 102, 112, 186, 187, 199, 203, 278, 280
parallels with Jim Morrison 213
parallels with Jimi Hendrix 194
parallels with Kurt Cobain 75, 100, 105, 230, 235, 257, 260, 262, 266, 280
parents’ break-up 6, 24, 44–6, 47–8, 149
physical decline of at time of Back to Black album 141–2, 143
Primrose Hill, carefree days on 78, 89
promotional performances in the US 149–50
relationship with Blake Fielder-Civil see Fielder-Civil, Blake
self-destructive nature of 18–19
Susi Earnshaw and Sylvia Young Theatre School years 46–53
workload of 119
see also Amy Winehouse Foundation
Winehouse, Ben 42
Winehouse, Beryl 43
Winehouse, Cynthia (née Gordon) 42, 43, 47, 78, 80, 111, 140, 159, 274, 301
Winehouse, Harris (a.k.a. Wienhaus) 41–2
Winehouse, Jane 44
Winehouse, Janis (née Seaton)
advice offered to Amy 80
apparent resignation to Amy’s drug addiction 151–2
at BRIT Awards 149
as director of companies set up to channel Amy’s money 251, 298, 300
at Grammy Awards 156, 299
last meeting with Amy 6, 277
liking for music of Carole King 49
marriage to and break-up from Mitch 42–6, 47–8, 149
multiple sclerosis, impact of 6, 47, 56
new partner of 52
problems raising Amy as a single parent 46, 47–8, 51–2, 56, 77
and sending of Amy to Sylvia Young Theatre School 49
Winehouse, Jonathan 42, 106, 138, 151, 274
Winehouse, Mitchell (Mitch) 53, 120, 268, 297
and Amy’s drink problem 108, 144, 257, 258, 265, 266, 268, 269, 274, 298
and Amy’s drug addiction 151–2, 156, 252, 257, 282
and Amy’s relationship with Reg Traviss 263
and the Amy Winehouse Foundation 55, 282, 297–8, 300
and Blake Fielder-Civil 111, 252–3, 300
and Jonathan Winehouse’s concerns over Amy 106, 138, 151, 274
business ventures 54–5, 81
declared bankrupt 45
eulogy of at Amy’s funeral 282–3, 297
friendship with Raymond Cosbert 139, 159–60
at Grammy Awards 156, 299
involvement in Amy’s professional career 47, 76–7, 80–1, 109, 120, 157, 159–60, 251, 252, 268–9, 273
last meeting with Amy 6, 276
level of support prior to Amy’s professional breakthrough 46–7, 53, 76
marriage to and break-up from Janis 42–6, 47–8, 149, 300
news broken to of Amy’s death 11, 297
and possible sectioning Amy 156, 158, 264
relationship with Amy 43, 45, 47, 48, 149, 251–3, 298, 300, 301
singing of 6, 43, 49, 77, 252
Winehouse, Neville 42
Winters, Billie 71
Winwood, Lou 81, 141–2, 145, 146, 147
Winwood, Steve 81
Withnail & I (Bruce Robinson) 259
‘Without You’ (Peter Ham and Tom Evans) 224
Wohlin, Anna 166, 168, 169–71, 172, 173, 177–8
Womack, Bobby 63
‘A Woman Left Lonely’ (Joplin cover) 201
Woodstock Festival 94, 183–4, 190
Wordsworth, William 20, 30
Wyman, Bill 60, 61, 62, 84, 150, 166, 173
Yepremian, Gilles 210–12
Yohn, Wally 16, 174, 307
‘You and Me’ (Amy Winehouse) 250
‘You Got the Silver’ (Rolling Stones) 166
‘You Know I’m No Good’ (Amy Winehouse) 111, 112, 139, 146, 258, 272
‘You Know You’re Right’ (Nirvana) 230
Young, Sylvia 49, 50, 52 see also Sylvia Young Theatre School
Young Street Bridge (Aberdeen, WA) 39
YouTube 8, 9, 273–4, 279
Zapata, Mia 228, 307
Zeno 237
Zouzou (a.k.a. Danièle Ciarlet) 84–5, 129, 166, 209
Zutons, the 153
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